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User account Restricted access on Windows 7

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club_pranay
club_pranay Original post #1
Jul 28, 2011 at 12:26 AM
Hi!

I have a VAIO with Windows 7 home premium 64bit. I have two partitions on my system.
Situation is, I have flatmates who are in the habit of snooping around in my laptop. I have personal family photos, and most importantly, official documents filling most of my "my documents" in C: and entire D:
Both of these partitions are NTFS.
To solve this problem, i created a user account without administrator privileges. However it did not stop the preying eyes from scanning the contents of my computer.
I was wondering if there's any way to create a user account that:
1. Restricts access to any folder of other profiles on C:
2. Restricts access to d:
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3. Have internet access and other programs available. I just want my files hidden, not everything.
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I am skeptical about changing the access settings on individual files.
Please suggest a solution to my problem. Thanks guys :)

P.S. If there's any other thread dealing with the same problem, please let me know. I tried searching, but i could not find it.
thetechfreak
Jul 28, 2011 at 12:58 PM
Well, the article here will do the trick :D

How to Deny Access to Files or Folders in Windows Vista - How-To Geek
Zangetsu
Jul 28, 2011 at 1:22 PM
@club_pranay: Create an Admin account with password & another Standard account (w/o password)

use the admin account with password for u. & standard account to others
club_pranay
Aug 1, 2011 at 4:36 AM
@thetechfreak: thanks for the link. However, I wasnt very sure if I want to change the access settings on all individual files. Is there any other way to completely hide just the D: without changing access settings to all the individual files?

@Zangetsu: Creating a user account will not prevent the user to view or edit files in neutral location (like secondary hdds and partitions)
gameranand
Aug 1, 2011 at 7:26 AM
If you need extreme privacy then you can use Truecrypt to hide entire partition or password protect them or make a container and put your personal files in the container. :)
Zangetsu
Aug 1, 2011 at 12:45 PM
@Zangetsu: Creating a user account will not prevent the user to view or edit files in neutral location (like secondary hdds and partitions)

buddy once u have the admin account u can give other users access rights to any partition (like read/write/copy/edit etc)..
u can also give rights that the drive will not open...:grin:
club_pranay
Aug 1, 2011 at 1:57 PM
buddy once u have the admin account u can give other users access rights to any partition (like read/write/copy/edit etc)..
u can also give rights that the drive will not open...:grin:

thanks for clarifying. However, coming back to my question, can you please tell me how? (without changing permissions on individual files)
Zangetsu
Aug 1, 2011 at 2:28 PM
thanks for clarifying. However, coming back to my question, can you please tell me how? (without changing permissions on individual files)

for doing the same
read here